Tag: LIVE SEARCH

Who do you think of when you want to search for what's happening now? Increasingly people are searching social networks like Twitter and Facebook, and Google has increased the speed of its index to offer more up-to-date real-time information. In the realm of technology, Techmeme has had a lock on live news for a few years now. But there's a site I recently learned about that you might not be aware ...

Granted, this update is less dramatic than the overhaul the service received back in September, but then, how many of us really remember that update anyway? The biggest change is that the blue toolbar that accompanies the top of each page has been replaced with something much smaller (though still blue), which gives the overall results a cleaner look. The search button has also been replaced ...

The year of 2007 is coming to an end, and so, it seems, is Microsoft's attempt to regain some ground in the hotly contested search market. According to the data, Microsoft has two main troubles: getting people to use Live Search, and converting people to using Live Search as their main search portal. Translation: they ain't doing so good. The latest statistics published by Nielsen Online give ...

Microsoft's new Tafiti web site isn't exactly a new search engine. It's powered by Microsoft's search, so you'll get exactly the same results from Tafiti, MSN.com or Live.com. So what's the point of Tafiti? It's pretty. When you first visit the site, you're prompted to install Silverlight if you haven't already. Then you're presented with a lot of empty space and a search box. When you enter ...

Microsoft is internally testing a new version of Windows Live Search that enables voice as well as written queries. But the installer file seems to have found its way out of Redmond. You can either speak into your Windows Mobile microphone or if you've got a model with a bluetooth audio stack, you should be able to speak into a bluetooth headset. Pretty much any field in the experimental version ...

On Monday Microsoft launched Digital Advertising Solutions, a new ad network that ties all of Microsoft's networks together and pushes ads across Windows Live, Xbox, Office, Live Search, smart phones, and handheld computers. Microsoft realizes that people are spending more and more time with all of their devices connected online, and is stepping up to Google and Yahoo to try to gain a larger ...